Assessment and Methods in Literacy Intervention

Catalog description

Students’ literacy development has a profound impact on their academic and social-emotional growth and achievement at school. This is why it’s so important for schools to provide explicit, systematic intervention to support students’ literacy growth and development. In this course, Relay students will learn how to plan to deliver targeted small-group literacy intervention focused on reading and writing. In the first half of the course, Relay students will administer assessments to learn more about their students’ academic development related to literacy. They will then use this information to develop a long-term instructional plan to support their students’ literacy development. In addition, Relay students will reflect on their engagement with caregivers and key stakeholders in the process of developing intervention plans. In the second half of the course, Relay students will learn how to design and implement literacy interventions. They will learn how to leverage high-leverage instructional practices and evidence-based literacy strategies in interventions, in addition to using assistive technology to support reading and writing in Tier 1 settings. Finally, they will learn how to collect and respond to formative assessment data during and after intervention sessions to monitor student understanding.